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. 1991 Sep 1;278(Pt 2):465–469. doi: 10.1042/bj2780465

Cloning and stable expression of a new member of the human liver phenol/bilirubin: UDP-glucuronosyltransferase cDNA family.

R Wooster 1, L Sutherland 1, T Ebner 1, D Clarke 1, O Da Cruz e Silva 1, B Burchell 1
PMCID: PMC1151367  PMID: 1910331

Abstract

A new human liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (HlugP4) has been cloned and expressed in cell culture. The expressed enzyme has a molecular mass of 56 kDa and preferentially catalysed the glucuronidation of halogenated and bulky alkyl phenols. The C-terminal half of the sequence (246 amino acids) is 96% identical with the same portion of HlugP1, whereas the N-terminal half of the deduced protein sequences are only 38% identical. These results suggest that the two isoenzymes may be derived from the same gene by differential splicing of the gene product.

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